Safari Preferences

When I choose Safari > Preferences, only the Advanced pane is visible. There are no menu items accross the top for the other panes. Where did they go and how can I get them back?

Thanks to your reference to a beta version
Keri, I hasten to add that that remark was an attempt at a poor joke!
(From a happy Tiger user...)

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